Patch relative importance to metapopulation viability: The neotropical marsupial Micoureus demerarae as a case study

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-51

  Brito, Daniel ^a,b   Fernandez, Fernando A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; MARSUPIAL; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; POCO DAS ANTAS RESERVE; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; MARMOSA; METATHERIA; MICOUREUS DEMERARAE;

EID: 11344280695     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002001063     Document Type: Article

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